The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-01-28
A DENIAL.

a U6NxAL.
EDITOR REGISTER.
SRI have endeavored when using
your space to avoid as far as possible
all appearance of offensive personality,
but | have been very much surprised
to find in your columns language which
can only be calculated to irritate some
of your readers and mislead others.
Witty and harmless paragraphs can
be taken in good part and those who
they are aimed at can enjoy them as
much as the writer or tn. observer, but
specific and groundless accusations
should not be passed over in silence.
Over and over again you have held up
the editor of the little democratic sheet
in your town as one who Hampers with
truth and is never willing to lead her
forth an l)atris naturGlib,Is, yet on the
evidence Of this man you bring the ac-
cusatiOn of dishonest intention against
intelligent and reputable citizens, viz ::
The attempt to bride the aforesaid pa
per to advocate the removal of the
county seat. Possibly you have now
seen that you were led into error and
are perfectly justified in continuing tn
state that the gentleman is not an i'm
itator of the father of this great repub-
lie in the matter of veracity. Mr..
Snyder's explanatory letters in the
COurant should convince any unpreju-
diced man that all that was said in
reference to the future course of the
Democrat was only what he was JUST.
fled in saying when it is notorious fact
that that paper attained its present.
prodigious size and commanding infiu-
ence under the fostering care of the
Allen county democrats. have asked
number of the movers in this matter
and not one can I find that is at all
aware of any such action as you de-
scribe that is, that there Was any at
tempt to bride this paper The
bare idea of such thing is to ridicu-
lous to be entertained for moment.
The next charge is one of still great
er seriousness. You assert (you do not
state your authority that there is a
threat to boycott-socially and polit-
ically-all' who do not favor this
scheme. The social boycott would
most assuredly not be worth consider
ing as We have been denounced as
"niggers and paupers." But as to the
political boycott-that is, I presume,
that we should bolt any nominee who
was in the opposition. All I can say
is bring forth your man and if he could
command following, Independent of
the county seat question, he will be
able to do 50 let his leanings be which
way they may. There is no hidden
meaning here. I hope I have made
myself clear on this point, as this is
the opinion of all with whom have
conversed on the subject. The last in
formation have received is that two
hundred petitioners are going to have
their names struck off the pet ton.
No. sir; the people of Allen county
will not be bulldozed, and they are
not tickle minded as, when YOU have
had auricular demonstration, you will
discover.
Hoping that you will give the same
publicity to this denial as you have to
your unjust accusations, am, sir,
Yours respectfully,
J. p. PRICE.
P.S. The calm though feeble letter
of your correspondent, Mr.. Ball, dis.
plays such limited knowledge Of the
present state and future possibilities of
the eastern part of the county that it
would be waste of time and paper to
answer it. J.P.P.
We have stated among other things
in discussing the county seat removal,
Q) that an attempt had been made to
bride one of the papers in lola to sup
port the cause of LaHarpe; and l2)
that citizens Of Elm township, have
been threatened with political and
social boycott if they refused to favor
LaHarpe. We can prove both those
assertions If necessary. The first was
not made on the authority of the edi-
tor of the Democrat alone, but on that
of at least two other reputable citizens
of lola who know that the attempt
was made. Our authority for the Sec
ond assertion is well known either.
Of Elm township, against ,chom tic
threats aCere made.
In all this county seat discussion
1--WE are glad that it seems now 70 b..
about ended, on account of the natur Al
death of the provoking cause) t he
has not written a sir vie
line that was intended to mislead anv
one, nor has it made single "gro und-
less accusation" as our correspoI ,dent
may easily learn ifhe prosecute 8 his
inquiries in the right direction. It has
spoken the truth only.
In the winter season q slig hit cold
should never be neglected. thu eudd.,,